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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest in the world and is bounded by Asia and Australia on the west and North and South America on the east.
2,049 Questions
How do continental margins in the Atlantic Ocean differ from those in the Pacific Ocean?
Many of them are active, the most famous such boundary is the circum-Pacific belt
Which south American country does not border the pacific ocean?
Just two South American nations are landlocked: Bolivia and Paraguay.
What European first saw the pacific oceanin 1513?
In 1513, the first European to see the Pacific Ocean was Vasco Nunez de Balboa. While on a journey searching for gold, he crossed the Isthmus of Panama, reaching the Pacific Ocean.
What are biotic factors of the Pacific Ocean?
Some biotic factors of the ocean are fish, whale, shark, dolphin, anything that is living in the ocean. There can also be plants like seaweed, coral and more.
jellyfish
shark
whale
dolphin
krill
sponges
seaweed
plankton
squids
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean. It has a total area of about 106,400,000 square kilometres (41,100,000 sq mi).
According to Wikipedia the Atlantic Ocean covers a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres (41.1 million square miles).
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world at 76,762,000 sq km.
Average depth of Pacific Ocean?
The average depth of the Pacific Ocean is 15,200 feet. The deepest depth of the Pacific is the Mariana Trench, which is 36,200 feet deep.
Which state shares its entire western border with pacific ocean?
Oregon.
One would think that California, Washington and Alaska would too. But, Alaska borders the Bering Sea not the Pacific Ocean. And California and Washington both have borders that snake back and border smaller inlets.
What is the cardinal direction of the Pacific Ocean from Colorado Springs Colorado?
The cardinal direction of the Pacific Ocean to all of the contiguous 48 states is west....
What are the adaptations for plants animals in the pacific ocean?
Fish in the twilight zone have bigger eyes to see better in the darkness.
What country can you see both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans from?
From North to South:
Canada
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Colombia
and arguably:
Chile or Argentina
depending on where the borders of the oceans are drawn.
How much trash is in the Pacific Ocean?
More than thousands of people visit the ocean so think of how many of those people pee in the ocean is probably more than half of those people do and so further more to say even more than that people put trash in the ocean for there has been evidence on tapes of people doing this also known as littering. This is illegal to liter and there for u should not do this. It is very unhealthy for the life that lives under the water and pollutes the water. Killing the ocean does not makes things better. But more than 366,544,023 people put trash in the ocean
Is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean?
The Mariana trench is under the Mariana islands in the pacific ocean and is 11.03 km deep.
Does the Pacific Ocean have volcanic activity?
Yes, there is volcanic activity in the Pacific Ocean. Most of it occurs near the edges of the Pacific, in a region called the Ring of Fire. These volcanoes are responsible for the formation of Indonesia, Japan, and the Aleutians Islands, to name a few. There are also volcanoes closer to the middle of the Pacific plate, which formed islands such as those of the South Pacific and Hawaii.
Waterway along the north coast of north America connecting the Atlantic ocean and pacific ocean?
The Northwest Passage, except that it isn't imaginary; it's just usually frozen. For the last couple of years, good icebreakers have been able to make it.
How was the depth of the mariana trench measured?
The Mariana Trench was first measured by HMS Challenger in 1875 using sounding lines. The depth recorded by that method was 4,475 fathoms (8,184m).
The first sonar measurement was made by another oceanographic survey ship of the same name, in 1951. The depth reported by that expedition was 10,911 meters.
In between the western hemisphere and Asia (if you travel west) is the Pacific Ocean. If you travel east from the western hemisphere you would encounter Europe first, before you get to Asia, so Asia is not exactly across the Atlantic. But you can get to Asia directly, by going across the Pacific.
What ocean borders the state of South Carolina?
The Atlantic Ocean borders the state of South Carolina. The Atlantic Ocean also borders other states that are on the east side of the United States.
Which canal joins the Indian ocean with the Pacific ocean?
None. The Indian Ocean meets the Pacific Ocean south of Australia, and in and around Indonisia, and also through the Strait of Malacca (north of Malaysia). Also, the Suez canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, and that feeds into the Indian Ocean.
What carries cold water from the northern pacific ocean south to Mexico?
The California Current carries cold water to Mexico from the North Pacific Ocean. :-)
